Ford, through SVT, offered a kit to convert a Focus to a V8 rwd setup. If I remember correctly it was about $10k back in the day, and didn’t include the engine/transmission, but did include the rear end and all other parts necessary for the conversion. There were a few of these done up. Fast as hell, but early 2000s…

Can we please get weekly updates on the status of this truck? I think we need to start a pool on when it becomes nothing more than a paperweight.

He’s a snake oil salesman, and nothing more.

You win the internets.

Having looked through the listing, I have...concerns.

Why are there no photos of the bedrooms? Why is the stripper pole basically in the kitchen?

This is not a place to go with a blacklight.

Eww. I don’t like it.

There are people in Hollywood whose jobs are specifically to come up with new or unique sounds to bring an auditory sensation to a visual or physical action. Please for the love of god hire a great Foley person. Give them a brief describing the electrification of a muscle car, and let them come…

Exactly! Seeing the actual truck first I was like, “That’s pretty cool!” Then I see the original and it feels like we’re getting the Wish or Temu version.

I wonder if (and hope) someone will make some proper flares and deep dish wheels for it. That might be all it takes to look right.

When the mafia lends money to someone and they can’t pay it back, so they load the person’s business up with debt, pull out all the possible money, and crater said business, it’s called crime. When a PE firm does it, it’s called capitalism.

I would love to see the books from the week before the PE firm took over, to…

The difference is, we’re not talking about replacing a handful of broken mechanical devices and then adjusting the manufacturing process to prevent the issue in the future. The way I’m reading this, Tesla is updating specific accounts with software patches, based on the fame of the user and their specific concerns.

Thi…

Maybe if the guillotine comes out more frequently people will heed the warning.

Compromises are made within every racing series, either through initial intention, or through learned experience. The first question that has to be asked is what are you wanting to compare? Driver skill, or manufacturing capabilities?

Spec series are (supposed) to compare drivers skill in like vs like vehicles.…

Totally. Depending on how far Rivian is with production planning on the R2, VW might be able to offer the Scout plant as the production facility. I am really hoping this gives Rivian the chance at long term success their product seems to deserve.

^This. The Audi A4 and VW Passat share the same platform for years. This is exactly what both Rivian and VW (Scout) need. Rivian needs help with the transition from start up to full blown production engineered manufacturer (something VW has been doing forever) and VW needs a platform for Scout.

Strip out some of the…

Yeah this was my thought too. Depending on how far Rivian is on tooling up for the R2 it might make sense for VW to offer up the upcoming scout production facility. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this be a slow take over.

Yup. The whole limited for the sake of status is bullshit. I would be much more impressed by a fair priced (but probably still expensive) drivers car that is available in slow production - but not limited production. 

“the only practical need for an EV to have one is for very high speed, like a track car on a fast, Le Mans-style track.”

I’m not specifically saying you need a manual to have driver engagement. Having said that, the take that the inclusion of a manual transmission is bad for EVs is uneducated. A transmission (any transmission) acts as a torque multiplier, it’s why there have been EVs with integrated 2 and 3 speed transmissions. Tesla…

Sigh. I don’t have a problem with electrification of classics. I do have a problem with taking a performance car and claiming that by stuffing a tesla motor in the back its still a performance car. Sure it can go in straight line, an the chassis can turn, but you lose all the things that made this car great to begin…

My old boss was a lawyer and chronic drink then driver. They told me that if ever I was ever pulled over, to always refuse the field test. Make them take you to the hospital for the blood test. It would add an additional hour of time, giving your body enough time to (on average) process 1 drink, lowering your blood…

Musk(rat) is a piece of garbage and has been since he was a kid. This isn’t new. It also hasn’t stopped his sycophant toadies from loving him. Hell it may make them love him more. They want to be him. He should be removed from his position in all of ‘his’ companies by board members or shareholders out of duty to the…